Deferred Farmers Object of Yellow Paint Smearings
Yellow paint was spread on or near Turner County farms where five farmers sons or laborers deferred from military service. Sheriff Elliott suspects the same people did the acts but no arrests yet. L. L. Long says 14 suspects. the acts target deferments, with swastikas and yellow stripes seen near homes and roads.
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Parker
Mar
Turner County
RF. Elliott
Elliott
L. L. Long
Jecak Draft Board
Long
South Dakota Nurse Spends Christmas Day In Casablanca
Sec ond Lt Rose Jensen, first Kingsbury County girl in the service, returns home on leave from New York after two North Africa trips and Christmas ashore at Casablanca. She trained at Bartron Hospital Watertown and Erwin High School graduate. Minetta Holton and Alice Bowes also joined the army nurses corps.
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South Dakota
Casablanca
Erwin
Mar
Rose Jensen
New York
J. P. Jensen
Jensen
Kingsbury County
Army Nurses Corps
North Africa
Erwin High School
Bartron Hospital
Watertown
German Raider Bombs English Hostel Killing Five
A low flying German raider bombed a women s hostel on the east Anglian coast, killing five and wounding 12 before dawn. The hostel was nearly demolished by a direct hit as workmen tunneled through ruins to reach the injured. Two churches were damaged by another blast and a bomb exploded on hospital grounds without damaging the building. London had a brief early alert while raiders were reportedly over eastern and southeastern England, with light enemy activity overall.
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London
England
Senate Roll Call On Farm Deferment
The Senate passed a bill directingSelective service boards to defer farmers to grow essential crops. Minnesota Shipstead Ball for and against. North Dakota Langer Nye for. South Dakota Bushfrid Gurney for. Montana Murray Wheeler not recorded. Wisconsin Wiley for LaFollette for.
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Senate
Washington
Selective Service Boards
Minnesota
Shipstead
Ball
North Dakota
Langer and
Nye
South Dakota
Bushfrld
Gurney
Morntana
Murray and Wheeler
Wisconsin
Wiley
LaFalfette
WAAC Recruiting Office Opens in War Sioux Falls
The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps recruiting office opened in War Sioux Falls with Lt Rose L Sestito in charge. Assisting auxiliaries Mary Beth Brown and Charleen Bushnell will live at the army technical school and be the first to occupy new WAAC quarters. Recruits will undergo mental tests locally, then travel to Omaha for physicals and enlistment.
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Sioux Falls
Mar
Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps
South Dakota
Rose L. Sestito
Mary Beth Brown
Charleen Bushnell
Army Technical School
WAAC
Omana
Omaha
Les- Rito
Ostrich Largest Bird Stands Nearly Eight Feet Tall
The ostrich is the tallest living bird, reaching close to eight feet with a mass around 200 pounds. It remains flightless and is native to Africa, adapted for speed and endurance on land.
De Smet March contingent departs with Robbins and Lau
Erwin dispatch notes Penn Lau and Doland Robbins left Wednesday with the De Smet March contingent. The brief item records travel departure of named individuals ahead of a class or school event.
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Erwin
Laurel
Penn
Doland Robbins
de Smet
Boost Loan Rates on Sorghum and Barley Crops
The U S Department of Agriculture announces higher loan rates for 1943 crop barley and grain sorghums under the Commodity Credit Corporation. Eligibility requires planting at least 90 percent of war crop goals. Loans secured by chattel mortgage or warehouse receipts, stored on farms or in approved warehouses, mature on demand but by April 30, 1944 for barley and by June 90, 1944 for sorghums. South Dakota 1943 barley loan rates listed as No 1 75 cents, No 2 73 cents, No 3 70 cents, No 4 67 cents, No 5 60 cents per bushel with a 2 cent discount.
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Commodity Credit Corporation
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Anj
South Dakota
Beadle County AAA Announces Farm Loan Rates
Beadle County AAA committee, led by Eli F. Martin, announces loan rates for storage and farm loans. Barley grading mixed and grain sorghum stored on farms in South Dakota will receive No. 2 or better at 85 cents per 56 pound bushel, No. 3 at 80 cents, and No. 4 at 79 cents. Discounts of 5 to 7 cents per bushel apply to warehouse stored loans, with warehouse rates 7 cents less than stored loan rates.
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Dakota
Beadle County Aaa Committee
Eli F. Martin
Autoists Urged To Get Licenses Now
County treasurer W G Bateman reminded motorists that April 1 marks the illegal start date for driving without the 1943 license. He urged owners to secure their tabs now to avoid last minute lines and ensure legal driving compliance.
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W. G
Bateman
Beadle County Licenses Adopt 1942 to Save Resources
Beadle County residents may purchase licenses once legal residence is established. New registration cards will show both 1942 and 1943 license numbers as part of wartime efficiency. Mr Bateman notes discs with owners new numbers preserve steel critical for war needs.
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Bateman
Beadle County
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